Food samples taken from a restaurant following an outbreak of a mass food poisoning have tested positive for Salmonella (no word on how many sickened or source).

Food Control and Diseases Control Section inspectors collected samples from restaurant food and swabs from staff in the aftermath of the food poisoning outbreak. The food control inspectors shut down the main restaurant, which is suspected of causing the food poisoning outbreak, as well as two affiliated branches.

The staff have been suspended from work, administered proper medication and given health tips to avert any future incidence of food poisoning. In another precautionary measure, the stocks of food suspected of being infected with salmonellosis bacteria have also been destroyed.

The inspectors found serious irregularities in storing food at the temporary restaurant branch located at the Autumn Fair.